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Yeah I got about the same reply, it was hinted I was waitlisted. Such is life. Don't give up hope but yeah definitely weigh your future options at this point. I have not heard good things about the current state of MSW admissions at CSUS so it's not just you.

Sure, I should have included that in my first post. Graduated from UC Santa Cruz in 2009 Majored in U.S. History Overall GPA 3.21, Major GPA 3.6 2 years paid experience in a supervisor role at a direct-service human services agency. I had good letters too, one was from the former chair of the CSUS social work department. I had no academic references however, they were all professional. Had not completed Bio/Stats at time of applying Apparently last year was one of the hardest years ever to get in, they had a huge amount of older candidates with significant career and life experience apply. This year is supposed to be better but there are less spots from what I understand. I was put at number 32 of 55 in the waiting list and I was told that if I had had a somewhat higher overall GPA I would have been in for sure. I looked back in the thread aalariemy and I think you have a pretty decent shot especially if you had good letters/statement. I had friends with similar backgrounds to you that got in directly out of UCD. I had excellent field experience but below-average academic experience; with the huge amount of new, qualified applicants they seem to be able to pick applicants that are either outstanding in one area or who have a very good balance of the two.

I'm waiting on CSUS too. I haven't heard anything yet but I really doubt anyone has. I applied last year and was waitlisted; obviously I didn't make it. Last year I believe they let around 120 people in and waitlisted 55 of us. I don't remember how many apps they got but it was significantly more than that. Obviously now is a bad time to be applying to any MSW program since competition is fierce. I just checked my email records and last year CSUS notified me that I was waitlisted in mid-May. I am cautiously optimistic about getting in this time since I had an entire year to bolster my resume giving me 2+ years paid supervisory experience in human services plus I was actually contacted by the department to reapply. If you don't get in or you get waitlisted to whatever MSW program you are trying to get into don't trip- look at it as more time to make yourself a more competitive candidate for next year. Yeah it sucks but taking another year to work gave me a much clearer view of what exactly I wanted to do and accomplish so it's not the end of the world. Good luck to everyone on here.